Medicine 2011 Annual Report

Appointments

Roi Altit, M.D., is the Board of Trustees Representative for the Medical Society of Delaware Resident and Fellow Section Leaders.

Tony Bianchetta, M.D. and Allison Buonocore, M.D., were inducted as Fellows of the American College of Physicians in 2011.

Patricia M. Curtin, M.D., FACP, CMD, was appointed senior clinical advisor in the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing NYU College of Nursing and was named interim medical director of the Swank Memory Care Center.

Michael DePietro, M.D., was named medical director, MICU research.

Daniel Elliott, M.D., MSCE, FACP, was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians in 2010.

Deborah Ehrenthal, M.D., is a reviewer on the Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group for the CDC Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System, 2011.

Jennifer Gauntt, M.D., was a 2010 representative to the National Academy of Pediatrics.

Keith D. Lamb, RRT, received a four-year appointment to chair the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) Adult Acute Care Section, and will serve on the AARC board of directors.

Jennifer LeComte, D.O., was named resident/young physician liaison (inaugural) to the Delaware State Osteopathic Medical Society in 2010.

M. James Lenhard, M.D., began a two-year term (January 2011-December 2012) on the American Diabetes Association's Professional Practice Committee. He was the 2010 Diabetes Gala Honorary Chair for the American Diabetes Association, DelMar chapter.

Denise Lyons, MSN, GCNS-BC, was appointed a clinical advisor in the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing. She is also president-elect 2011 for the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) Delaware Valley Chapter.

Rani Singh-Patel, D.O., was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians in 2011.

Badrish Patel, M.D., was appointed medical director of the Christiana Hospital Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU).

Shakaib Qureshi, M.D., FACR, is the newly elected president of the Delaware Rheumatology Society.

Andrea Read, D.O., was elected Resident and Fellows President of the Medical Society of Delaware, 2010.

Theodore F. Saad, M.D., was elected secretary of the Vascular Access Society of the Americas.

R. Bradley Slease, M.D., is governor-elect of the Delaware Chapter of the American College of Physicians. His four-year term begins in April, 2012.

Albert Rizzo, M.D., was elected chair of the National Board of Directors for the American Lung Association.

Karla Testa, M.D., was a 2010 representative to the National Med-Peds Residents Association.

William Weintraub, M.D., is president-elect of the Great Rivers Affiliate of the American Heart Association.